Well it's night like tonight, that make all the pain with equipment worthwhile!
Race 1 was awesome, with some great battles with Jonah and offcorsa; should have got 6th but managed 8th in the end.
Race 2 I led from start to finish, but had Jonah and then Zombie I think all over me near the end, but I just tried to keep smooth and steady and managed to bring it home for my first "official" Cosy win!
Race 3 was not too bad either - managed to get past a few starting in 8th, but just couldn't get near Jonah and brought it home 5th, so overall pretty happy with points haul!
the next two, not so much. bumped off and fighting back from last both times. race 2 at least I found some others to battle. 7th-10th place I think, watched the three wide pass Sven pulled off, pretty cool,
3rd race was pretty lonely after once again gathering things up from last. had a getting together with Ceolmor? I think? waited for him and we were at the back by then. Sorry dude.
21 August 2017, 8:33(This post was last modified: 21 August 2017, 10:53 by Ceolmor.)
(21 August 2017, 5:28)offcorsa Wrote: 3rd race was pretty lonely after once again gathering things up from last. had a getting together with Ceolmor? I think? waited for him and we were at the back by then. Sorry dude.
No worries Offcorsa. Thanks for waiting. I had a similar night to you, being bumped off and sent to the back in all 3 races. Had a good battle with S4b1n in race 1 though, with us swapping positions more than once.
The lack of training time I struggled to have good lap times. I noticed in race three that I was driving with wrong gear in some of the turns. When i changed that then I suddenly I got better lap times. So practice befor the races is a good thing
Overall Me and Ceolmor did the best we could and I´m shure the we will be back with som better result in the future.
Qualifying:
Went better than expected. The evora surprised me with its pace. Or maybe it's just sven ^^ 3rd
Heat 1:
I was just behind Dimavika, starting 2nd in the exige. I actually expected the exige to be a rocket off the line, so I was surprised to see I matched it, then the power of the 718 took me into 2nd after t1. A mistake from any of us and we would have lost a position, but the top 4 were cemented in our positions til the end as none of us were really able to catch the guy in front. Finished 2nd.
Heat 2:
Started 7th. Made a good start, got a few positions. Going round lap 1, there was a tap and spin up ahead of me. I managed to almost stay clear of it, but was slowed down and lost a few places. Ceolmor tapped Sven, who then came over and tapped me. That threw me into an awesome drift (if I dont say so myself haha) which I caught nicely and got back on with it.
I caught up with Ceolmor and managed to pass. Later, going into t2 I was drifting wide and he manged to get up the inside taking 7th back. While we were battling sven was biding his time...
Exiting t4, Ceolmor made a mistake, drifting. This gave me a run up the inside into t5. Oh what is this, sven is going up the inside of me as well! I was in the middle of 2 cars! Ceolmor was giving me not much room while I was trying to leave room for Sven. I saw in the replay that he had 2 wheels on the grass! Concentrating too much on the cars beside me, I missed my braking point. Sven, Ceolmor, offcorsa and Sabin all got past. Damn.
I quickly pushed hard to get on to the back of the pack. I made a good pass on offcorsa, then up ahead Sabin missed the second apex of the chicane. This slowed him and Ceolmor down and I carried my speed through to the inside of the final turn. A small tap on Ceolmor as I was going past, happily not enough to make him spin. T1 at the end of the straight got me past Sabin. Sven at this point was a fair distance down the road. I tried to catch, and wasn't too far away as he could not get past bossy, but 7th I remained.
Heat 3:
Sabin on pole didn't make the best of starts, I was in 1st after t1. I managed to get a gap, but sven was behind in 2nd. Over the next few laps he closed the gap. A couple mistakes from me and he was along side. We were 2 wide through turns 1-4 but I settled in behind, accepting the inevitable. Sabin was getting close at one point, so I tried to raise my race pace to get away from him. Finished 2nd.
Really good racing. Well done sven for your wins and those clean passes against me!
Race 1 - I was chasing Dimavika for the majority of the race, I gained some time here and there, he pulled away at others, I couldn't get near enough for an overtake attempt but was happy to keep up.
Race 2 - awful start to the race when i bumped Offcorsa off... really sorry. I had space in front of me going into the corner which I decided to fill, just as you turned in - my fault entirely. The rest of the race was fantastic though. Well done Mr Chip, I got close a few times but couldn't get around you.
Race 3 - I spent much of the race behind Bossy who was making it easy for me to pass him. By the time I did, Mr Chip who was next in line was a long way ahead. I knuckled down, put in some of my best laps of the evening and pulled up to his bumper on the last lap, out of the last corner.
Result will be up tomorrow, same goes for Card Race Series. Too fucked up today because of "working" as a stone mover to do a driveway of concrete stones.